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16/12/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Statement by Mr Knut Arild Hareide, Minister of the Environment, Norway, Panel Discussion, COP10, Buenos Aires, 16.12.04 Technology and Climate Change Dear friends, Last week the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dr. Wangari Maathai of Kenya. This
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16/12/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Statement by Mr. Knut Arild Hareide, Minister of the Environment, Norway, COP10, Buenos Aires, 16.12.04 The Climate Convention after 10 years: Accomplishments and future challenges Thank you Mr. Chairman, Dear Friends, Let me start by saying that
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08/12/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Opening address by Mr Knut Arild Hareide, Minister of Environment. "Environment and Security - Perspectives on the role of environment in conflict and peace-building". Seminar arranged by the Ministry of Environment, Oslo, 8. December 2004
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01/11/2004
News story
Ministry of the Environment
An OSPAR-workshop on the
environmental impact of placement of carbon dioxide (CO2) in
geological structures in the maritime area took place in Trondheim
26-27 October. (01.11.04)
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26/10/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
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08/10/2004
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Minister
of the Envrionment, Knut Arild Hareide conveys his warmest
congratulations to Wangari Maathai on her being awarded this year's
Nobel Peace Prize. Her holistic approach to sustainable development
and environment has proven to be
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05/09/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
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18/06/2004
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Knut Arild Hareide has today been
appointed Minister of Environment in Norway. He follows Børge
Brende, who has become Minister of Trade and Industry. Hareide has
been deputy leader of the Christian Democratic Party since May
2003. (18.06.04)
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15/06/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Miljøvernminister Børge Brendes tale i forbindelse med utdeling av Sofieprisen 2004 til Wangari Maathai, 15.06.04. The Sofie Prize to the "tree woman of Kenya" The environment is not ours to keep. It is only ours "on loan" from future generations.
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09/06/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Opening Address by H.E. Børge Brende, Minister of Environment, on the occasion of the symposium on Technology for a Modern Society -Managing Water and Waste, Athens 9 June 2004. Technology for a Modern Society - Managing Water and Waste Your
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07/06/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
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30/04/2004
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Talks among over 80 government
ministers have stressed the need to speed up efforts in delivering
safe drinking water, basic sanitation and shelter for the poor. -
For too many years we have had too little action. Now we must make
a difference,
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30/04/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
The water crisis is very much
a governance crisis rather than a scarcity crisis. It is not water
scarcity per se that defines whether a country and its citizens are
short of water. Rather it is closely linked to wealth, writes Børge
Brende,
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28/04/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Minister of the Environment and CSD Chair Børge Brende's opening address at the High level segment of the Commission on Sustainable Development, CSD12, New York, 28.04.04 Our Job now is to Focus on Implementation Secretary-General, dear colleagues,
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28/04/2004
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
Highlighting
the need to speed up efforts in delivering safe drinking water,
basic sanitation and shelter for the poor, Norwegian Minister of
the Environment, Børge Brende, Chair of CSD-12, calls for a decade
of implementation. UN
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26/04/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
"It is estimated that only half of
the developing countries are on track towards meeting the global
target of halving the number of people without access to safe
drinking water by 2015. It is a daunting challenge. But it
must be done and it
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21/04/2004
Press release
Ministry of the Environment
British
authorities today gave permission for the introduction of a new
cleansing method that will reduce the discharge of Technetium 99
from the Sellafield nuclear plant by over 90 per cent. The new
method will be introduced with immediate
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20/04/2004
Speech/statement
Ministry of the Environment
Introductory remarks by Minister Børge Brende at the opening of the Commission on Sustainable Development, CSD12, New York 19 April 2004 Introductory Remarks by Chair See also the UN-webcast Archives Your Royal Highness, Excellencies, distinguished
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13/04/2004
News story
Ministry of the Environment
Norway's minister of the
environment, Børge Brende, chair of the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development since May 2003, is determined to make sure
that commitments made at Johannesburg and at other meetings are not
mere souvenirs.
See OECD
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29/03/2004
News story
Ministry of the Environment
The global target of halving the
proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015 is
currently out of reach for many countries, said Børge Brende, Chair
of the 12th Session of the UN Commission for Sustainable
Development (UNCSD),